This place is known for big, heavy, strong fish so I use a 10' 7 weight rod. It also helps handle the large streamers I throw. Here is a 24.5 inch fish I caught a few days after the others. The fish in the net from my first post is only a half in smaller than this one. The picture in the net does not capture how big she is.

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